Healthy elderly individuals do not inevitably lose bone density and weight as they age

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-290

  Taggart, Hugh ^a   Craig, David ^b   McCoy, Karen ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Body mass index; Body weight; Bone mineral density; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4644326644     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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